Welcome

The programs of CG Education aim to strengthen geographic education in the classroom. In addition
to increasing the emphasis on geography within the school system, CG Education endeavours to
increase the public awareness of the importance of geographical literacy.

Faces of Geography - Where can geography take you?

These interviews give a first-hand look at real-life geography. Discover the wide range of career opportunities that a geographic education can present to you.

Learning Centre -
ready-to-use lesson plans and classroom activities that were written by qualified CG Education
teachers and available for every curriculum in Canada.

Giant floor maps:
Canadian Geographic Education’s newest set of resources, the giant floor map program, is an innovative approach to teaching Canadian students about geography. It provides students a different type of learning — one that takes them out of the comforts of their classroom and into the great big world of geography.

Geoliteracy Award -
to honour and recognize individual effort in the development, enhancement and or promotion of geographic literacy in Canadian education

Stewart Semple Scholarship -
Awarded annually to a graduating student of geography in Atlantic Canada to pursue a B.Ed. degree, with a view to him or her becoming a geography teacher at a school in the region. .

Innovation in Geography Teaching Award -
Canadian Geographic Education, the educational network of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), is pleased to annually recognize an educator who has gone above and beyond their job description to further geographic literacy with the Innovation in Geography Teaching award.

“Canadian Geographic magazine is an excellent resource for teachers and students. It provides posters in both official languages, such as the St. Lawrence Seaway map, as well as short geography related news items suitable for current events. In addition, the June issue each year is devoted to environmental issues such as wind energy.”